Weed-turner.



Patentedlan. 30, I900.

B. BOSS. WEED TURNER. (Application filed Apr. 25, 1.89).

(No Model.)

d3 WITNESSES:

INVENTOR ATTORN EY.

TN: NORRIS PETERS co PHOTOUTHKL. WASHINGTON n. c.

NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARNEY ROSS, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 0. H. HORTON, OF SAME PLACE.

WEED-TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,531, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed April 25, 1899.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNEY Ross, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Painesville, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weed-Turners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing the invention as in operation. Fig. 2 is a side view of a plow, showing the invention as applied thereto and turned back against the plow. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of the clamp. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of same. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section through the moldb'oard of the plow just in rear of the weed-turning arm and looking forward.

This invention is designedto provide an attachment of improved character for plows for the purpose of turning under weeds, grass, corn-stubble, and other material which would otherwise obstruct the operation of plowing; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a plow-beam, B the hiandles, and O the moldboard, of an ordinary p ow.

D designates a clamp designed to be secured on the plow-beam. This clamp may convenient-ly consist, as shown, of two side plates perforated to receive securing-bolts 01, one of which passes above and the other below the beam. The perforations d for the upper bolt are made in the form of oblong slots to accommodate the bolt and permit of the adjustment of the clamp to different points on the tapered beam, as may be necessary. The perforation d in one of the side plates for the lower bolt is squared to receive a correspondingly-shaped portion of the bolt, whereby the latter is prevented from turning. Said plate Serial No. 714,413. (No-model.)

is also preferably formed with a lug diwhich engages the under side of the beams and serves to hold the clamp against any tendency to turn or twist.

F designates a weed-turning device, which consists of a rod of steel (a rod having a diameter of an inch or slightly less being preferred) whose upper end portion is bent to form a journal portion f, which rotatably engages perforated ears orlugs D on the lower portion of the side clamp-plate on the moldboard side of the plow. From the journal portion f the rod is bent downwardly and rearwardly obliquely across the curved face of the moldboard, being arched slightly outward and upward at its central portion to cause it to pass over the swell of the furrow being turned by the moldboard and terminating at its lower end in an inwardly and laterally extending hook portion f.

G designates a coiled spring which is wound around the journal portion f between the ears or lugs D. One end of this spring is connected to said journal portion at g and its other end is secured to the clamp-plate at g. This spring is so wound that it acts to hold the arm in toward the face of the moldboard, and when the plow is out of the furrow the hook portion f of the weed-turner lies underneath the lower edge of the moldboard, as shown in Fig. 2, where it is out of the way. As the plow enters the ground the action of the furrow causes the device to swing out to its proper place, as shown in Fig. 1, with the hook portion f hanging down over the edge of the furrow in position to catch the weeds, &c., and hold them down to be turned under by the new furrow. The spring produces a sufficient tension to hold the device down against the furrow, thereby bending down the weeds, &c., and under the motion of the plow as they pass under the device they are rolled or roped and laid in the bottom of the furrow, so that the soil turned 'by the new furrow completely covers them. The hook portion f should not be bent sharply enough to catch and drag the weeds, its office being to hold the weeds, 850., down until they are about to be covered under and then leave them. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a plow, of a weedturning device or attachment therefor, consisting of a clamp secured to the plow-beam and having two lateral lugs or bearings, a single rod extending downwardly and rearwardly across the face of the moldboard of the plow, having a horizontally-bent journal portion at its upper extremity pivotally engaging said lugs, and an inwardly-bent hook at its lower extremity adapted to be turned under the lower edge of the moldboard when not in use, together with a spring for holding said rod toward the moldboard, substantially as specified.

The herein-described weed-turning attachment for plows, consisting of the clamp BARNEY ROSS.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY E. HAMMAR, W. ALBERT DAVIS. 

